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No. 625,085.' Patented May I6, |899 '0. J. CDNLEY.

I'ONVEYER FDR UNLOADING VESSELS.

(Application led May 10, 1898.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,085, dated May 16,1899.

Application nea May 1o, 189s. Isaai No. 680,242. (No man To .cLZZ whom tmay concern.'

Be it known that I, OWEN J. CONLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have made a new and useful Invention in Oonveyers for Unloading Vessels,of which the following is a specication.

My invention has for its objects, rst, to so construct a vessel that thematerial carried. thereby-such, for instance, as coal, crushed ore,sand, grain, or the like-maybe removed Y therefrom bya conveyer locatedbeneath the entire load and elevated to a point above the deck of thevessel and then convey it to any point of delivery within range of auniversally-adjustable conveyer carried by the vessel, and, second, toadapt such a vessel and its conveying and elevating apparatus to thepurpose of unloading such materials on board of a vessel at sea.

My invention will be fully understood by referring to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of,

a vessel constructed in accordance with my invention and illustrating inpart sectional part elevational view my novel apparatus for removing andelevating a load of material carried thereby. Fig.V 2 is a transversesectional view thereof, taken on the broken line Fig. l, and as seenlooking at that figure from the left toward the right-hand side of thedrawings in the direction of the arrowsl Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan viewof the mechanism for controlling the movement of the eX- terior conveyeror elevator and for permitting the upper or free end thereof to be movedat will in all directions; and Fig.A 4L is a side elevational View ofthe same mechanism, a sectional view being taken through the body of theapparatus in order to illustrate more clearly the king bolt or pin whichpermits the apparatus to partake of lateral movement..

Referring now to the drawings in detail, in which like letters ofreference represent like parts wherever used, H represents the hull of avessel, and K K the` decks of the carrying or conveying part thereof,the same being inwardlyinclined, preferably at an angle of aboutforty-five degrees, and trussed or otherwise supported in such manner asto sustain the load thereon.

H H2 H3 to H7, inclusive, represent discharging-hoppers located at thebottom of the V-shaped deck, and cl d d are sliding doors adapted toclose the lower ends of said discharging-hoppers, the entire arrangementbeing such that when coal, crushed ore,or analogous materialis placedupon said decks the tendency thereof will be to move downward intothehoppers HH2 H3, &c.

R R R2 to R6, inclusive, are rollers journaled in standards t t securedto the bottom of the vessel, R to R6, inclusive, being 1ocated directlybeneath the discharging-hoppers H' to H7, inclusive. of well-known formcarried b v said rollers and adapted to receive the material from thedischarging-hoppers H to H7, inclusive. On the shaft which supports thedriving-roller R are two pulleys P and P', (see Fig. 2,) one of saidpulleys being in alinement with 'the corresponding pulley upon theiiy-wheel shaft of a donkey-engine E, located in an independentcompartment near thebow of the vessel and connected thereto by a belt b,the arrangement being such that the engine will drive the conveyer-beltO in the proper direch tion to advance the material from left to right.

O is an elevator-belt carried by rollers E' E', properlysupported,respectively, near the bottom of the ves-sel and above the deck thereofand provided with the usual elevatorbuckets, as shown, and O2 is aconveyer or elevator belt carried by a trussed frame T,

pivotally supported at the opposite ends of the roller E2, which in turnis supported by a king bolt or pin C in a metallic standard F, restingupon a truss or frame G on the upper deck of the vessel. The outer endof the truss -T is adj ustably sustained by a block and fall consistingof pulleys p p and a rope fr, the upper pulley p being pivotally securedby a link to the .upper end of a derrick D, secured to the upper decknear the bow of the vessel.

W is a winch to which is secured the free end of the rope r, and g g g gare guy-ropes secured, respectively, to the upper end of the derrick andthe sides of the vessel.

g' g2 are guy-ropes secured at the outer end of the truss Referring nowto Figs. 3 and 4, P2 P3 are pulleys carried by a shaft j ournaled instandards S S bf the metallicframework D', and

O is a conveyer-belt IOO B B' B2 B3 are beveled gear-wheels, thegearwheel B meshing with the lower gear B and the upper gear B2 with thegear B2, carried by the same shaft which supports the driving roller ordrum E2 for the outer and upper conveyer or elevator belt O2. The lowergearwheel B is seated in the upper surface of an extension F of themetallic framework D', and it, together with the standards J J, whichpivotally support the lower end of the truss T, is secured thereto by aking bolt or pinv C, so that the outer conveyer or elevatormay partakeof lateral motion in either of two directions and vertical motion aboutits pivotal supports upon the standards .I J.

The pulley P, Fig. 2, is connected by a belt b with the pulley P2, andthe pulley P3, upon the same shaft as the pulley P2, is in turnconnected by a belt b2 with a pulley P4 upon a shaft journaled in theframework of the derrick D, which pulley is in turn connected by a beltb3 with a pulley carried by the same shaft which supports thedrivingroller E of the elevator-belt O.

E4 is a hopper located in front of and below the upper end of theelevator-belt .O and adapted to convey the material therefrom to v thelower end of the outer conveyer or elevator belt O2.

The outer or free end of the truss T is provided on its opposite sideswith guy-ropes g' g2 for the purpose of ysecuring it in any desiredposition and also for facilitating its movements laterally about thepivotal point of support in the nature of the king bolt or pin C, saidguy-ropes also, when secured on shore, being adapted to prevent anymovement of this part of the conveyer owing to the action of themechanism itself. These guy-ropes are also ldesigned to be used as ameans of securing the vessel to the side of a steamer or other vesselwhile coaling at sea.

The operation of the entire apparatus is as follows: The load to becarried by the vessel is placed in the carrying-compartment, consistingof the inclined decks K K, the sliding doors d d d of thedischarging-hoppers H to H2 having all rst been closed. The vessel' issecured to the dock, and the outer or free end of the truss T, whichcarries the outer' conveyer or elevator belt O2, is secured by theguy-ropes referred to and the proper elevation given thereto by theblock-and-fall mechanism and winch W. The donkey-engine is now set inmotion in the proper directlon to cause the upper portion of theconveyer-belt' O to move from left to right or from the stern toward thebow of the vessel and yat the same time to give, through the agency ofthe several belts b b2 b3 and pulleys P P2 P3 P4, the proper movement tocause The sliding door d of the first discharginghopper I-l is nowwithdrawn and the material allowed to descend by its own weight upon thesurface of the conveyer-belt O, and as it descends it is carried forwardand upward and ultimately discharged at the upper end of the conveyer orelevator belt O2. In like manner the succeeding doors d are withdrawn,and theentire load is thus completely discharged through the sole agencyof the conveyer itself.

Itis apparent that coal,powdered'or crushed ore, or analogous materialmight be carried in the lower compartment beneath the decks and shoveledor otherwise transferred to the upper surface of the conveyer-belt O,thus giving to my novel form of vessel the capacity of carrying anadditional load below the inclined decks.

Although I have hereinbefore described my invention as applicable forunloading a vessel at a dock, it is appa-rent that the same may haveother uses-as, for instance, it has especial use in the delivery of coalto vessels either at sea or at a dock, its adjustability rendering it avery desirable means of eifecting this result. It is also to beunderstood that my invention is applicable for use with all kinds ofmaterial capable of descending through the discharging-hoppers H to H7,inclusive-such, for instance, as salt, sugar, iron, ore, coal, crushedrock, or analogous materials.

I am aware that it is not broadly new with me todevise a vessel havinginclined sides and discharge-hoppers adapted to discharge the vmaterialcarried thereby upon a conveyer located beneath said hoppers and conveyit to an elevator located near one end of the vessel, which in turnconveys it to a point of discharge on shore or elsewhere, and I make noclaim hereinafter broad enough to include such a structure.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Let-ters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of a vessel, a conveyer located in a compartmentbeneath the entire load carried by the vessel, an elevator adapted toreceive the material discharged from said conveyer and elevate the same5 a second conveyer adapted to receive said material from the upper ordelivery end of the elevator, said second conveyer being pivotallysecured to the deck of the vessel in such manner as to adapt its free ordelivery end to be moved in any desired direction, together with meanscarried also by the vessel for elevating the free or delivery end ofsaid 'second conveyer to a point above the delivery end of the elevator,whereby the material carried by the vessel may be elevated and unloadedat various heights and angles,substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of a vessel, a conveyer located in a compartmentbeneath the entire load carried by the vessel, an elevator adapt- IOO edto receive the material discharged from said conveyer and elevate thesame; a second conveyer adapted to receive said material from the upperor delivery end of the elevator, said second conveyer being pivotallysecured to the deck of the vessel in such manner as to adapt its free ordelivery end to be moved in any desired direction and raised to a pointabove the delivery end of the elevator; a derrick secured also to thedeck of the vessel, together with block-and-fall mechanism pivotallyconnecting the second conveyer with the top of the derrick and means, asa Winch, for elevating the free or delivery end of said second conveyerto any desired height, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7th day ofMay, 1898.

OWEN J. CONLEY. Witnesses: t v

C.J. KINTNER, M. F. KEATING.

